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and services are evaluated against the 

program or service eligibility criteria 

and prioritized for review (Chapter 2). 

3. Literature search. Clearinghouse 

staff conduct comprehensive literature 

searches to locate available and relevant 

research on the prioritized programs 

and services (Chapter 3). 

4. Study eligibility screening and 

prioritization. Studies identified in the 

literature searches are screened against 

the study eligibility criteria. Studies 

determined to be eligible for review are 

considered against prioritization criteria 

to determine the order and depth of 

their review (Chapter 4). 

5. Evidence review. All eligible 

studies are reviewed by trained 

reviewers using the Clearinghouse 

design and execution standards. Study 

authors may be queried to request 

information deemed necessary to assign 

a rating. One of three ratings is assigned 

to prioritized studies: High, moderate, 

or low support of causal evidence 

(Chapter 5). 

6. Program and service ratings. 

Studies that are rated as high or 

moderate support of causal evidence are 

considered in assigning each program or 

service one of four ratings: Wellsupported, supported, promising, or 

does not currently meet criteria (Chapter 

6). These ratings also take into 

consideration any evidence of risk of 

harm. 

Feedback is also invited on the 

operational procedures for reviewing 

programs and services (Chapter 7). 

Responses to this FRN will inform 

ongoing discussion about potential 

updates and clarifications to existing 

standards and procedures. Consistent 

with the practice of other prominent 

federal evidence reviews, standards and 

procedures may be revised over time as 

research methods evolve, the needs of 

the field change, and lessons are learned 

during the review process. Potential 

revisions to the Clearinghouse’s 

standards and procedures may affect 

which programs and services are 

eligible or prioritized for review, which 

studies of programs and services are 

eligible or prioritized for review, which 

studies of programs and services meet 

design and execution ratings, and 

program or service ratings. ACF 

especially welcomes comments on how 

the standards and procedures might be 

revised to better reflect the goals and 

requirements of the Executive Order on 

Advancing Racial Equity and Support 

for Underserved Communities Through 

the Federal Government (https://

www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/ 

presidential-actions/2021/01/20/ 

executive-order-advancing-racialequity-and-support-for-underservedcommunities-through-the-federalgovernment/) and the President’s 

Memorandum on Restoring Trust in 

Government Through Scientific 

Integrity and Evidence-Based 

Policymaking (https://

www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/ 

presidential-actions/2021/01/27/ 

memorandum-on-restoring-trust-ingovernment-through-scientific-integrityand-evidence-based-policymaking/). 

Through this FRN, ACF is soliciting 

information from a broad array of 

stakeholders. This FRN is one way to 

ensure that activities associated with the 

Title IV–E Prevention Services 

Clearinghouse are transparent and build 

from the existing knowledge of states, 

federal agencies, researchers, evaluators, 

program and service developers, key 

stakeholders and experts, and the 

general public. The public will have an 

opportunity to comment on specific 

revisions to the Clearinghouse’s 

standards and procedures through a 

future FRN. 

To facilitate the review of 

submissions, please identify the 

chapter, section, and/or page number of 

the Handbook of Standards and 

Procedures, Version 1.0 (https://

preventionservices.abtsites.com/reviewprocess) that your comments address. 

This RFI is for information and 

planning purposes only and should not 

be construed as a solicitation or as an 

obligation on the part of ACF or HHS. 

For more information about the 

Prevention Services Clearinghouse, 

visit: https://preventionservices.abtsites.

com. 

Naomi Goldstein, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Planning, 

Research, and Evaluation. 

[FR Doc. 2021–15065 Filed 7–14–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4184–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Administration for Community Living 

Intent To Award 54 Single-Source 

Supplements for Current Senior 

Medicare Patrol (SMP) State Grantees 

ACTION: Announcing the intent to award 

54 single-source supplements for 

current Senior Medicare Patrol (SMP) 

state grantees. 

SUMMARY: The Administration for 

Community Living (ACL) announces the 

intent to award 54 administrative 

supplements in the form of cooperative 

agreements to existing SMP project 

grantees to support the expansion and 

enhancement of virtual capacity of the 

program. This effort will benefit the 

SMP programs in each state, the District 

of Columbia, Guam, Puerto Rico, and 

the U.S. Virgin Islands. The purpose of 

existing grantees’ work is to empower 

and assist Medicare beneficiaries, their 

families, and caregivers to prevent, 

detect, and report health care fraud, 

errors, and abuse through outreach, 

counseling, and education with an 

emphasis on reaching Medicare 

beneficiaries with limited income and 

those residing in rural areas. As a result 

of the COVID–19 pandemic and related 

travel and congregation limitations and 

public health concerns, it has been 

identified that focus on expansion of 

virtual capacity is crucial at this time. 

The administrative supplements for FY 

2021 will be distributed at a flat rate of 

$18,000 to each of the existing 54 state 

grantees, bringing the total for the 

supplement awards to $972,000. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

further information or comments 

regarding this program supplement, 

contact Marissa Whitehouse, U.S. 

Department of Health and Human 

Services, Administration for 

Community Living, Center for Integrated 

Programs, Office of Healthcare 

Information and Counseling; telephone 

(202) 795–7425; email 

Marissa.Whitehouse@acl.hhs.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Program Name: Senior Medicare 

Patrol (SMP). 

Recipient: 54 current SMP grantees. 

Current grantee State 

FY21 ACL 

recommended 

supplement 

amount 

Alabama Dept of Senior Services ................................................................................................. Alabama ................................... $18,000 

Alaska Department of Health and Social Services ....................................................................... Alaska ...................................... 18,000 

Arizona Department of Economic Security ................................................................................... Arizona ..................................... 18,000 

Arkansas Department of Human Services .................................................................................... Arkansas .................................. 18,000 


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Current grantee State 

FY21 ACL 

recommended 

supplement 

amount 

California Health Advocates .......................................................................................................... California .................................. 18,000 

Colorado Division of Insurance ..................................................................................................... Colorado .................................. 18,000 

The Department of Rehabilitation Services .................................................................................. Connecticut .............................. 18,000 

Delaware Division of Social Services ........................................................................................... Delaware .................................. 18,000 

Legal Counsel For The Elderly ..................................................................................................... District of Columbia ................. 18,000 

Florida Department of Elder Affairs .............................................................................................. Florida ...................................... 18,000 

Eqhealth Solutions, Inc ................................................................................................................. Georgia .................................... 18,000 

Guam Department of Public Health & Social Services ................................................................ Guam ....................................... 18,000 

Hawaii Department of Health ........................................................................................................ Hawaii ...................................... 18,000 

Idaho Commission on Aging ......................................................................................................... Idaho ........................................ 18,000 

AgeOptions, Inc ............................................................................................................................. Illinois ....................................... 18,000 

IAAAA Education Institute, Inc ...................................................................................................... Indiana ..................................... 18,000 

Iowa Department of Commerce .................................................................................................... Iowa ......................................... 18,000 

Kansas Department for Aging and Disability Services ................................................................. Kansas ..................................... 18,000 

Louisville-Jefferson County Metro Government ............................................................................ Kentucky .................................. 18,000 

Eqhealth Solutions, Inc ................................................................................................................. Louisiana ................................. 18,000 

Maine Department of Health and Human Services ...................................................................... Maine ....................................... 18,000 

Aging, Maryland department of ..................................................................................................... Maryland .................................. 18,000 

Elder Services Of The Merrimack Valley Inc ................................................................................ Massachusetts ......................... 18,000 

MMAP Inc ...................................................................................................................................... Michigan .................................. 18,000 

Minnesota Department of Human Services .................................................................................. Minnesota ................................ 18,000 

Eqhealth Solutions, Inc ................................................................................................................. Mississippi ............................... 18,000 

District III Area Agency on Aging .................................................................................................. Missouri ................................... 18,000 

Missoula Aging Services ............................................................................................................... Montana ................................... 18,000 

Insurance, Nebraska Department of ............................................................................................. Nebraska ................................. 18,000 

State of Nevada Aging and Disability Services Division .............................................................. Nevada .................................... 18,000 

New Hampshire Dept of Health and Human Services ................................................................. New Hampshire ....................... 18,000 

Jewish Family & Vocational Service of Middlesex County, Inc .................................................... New Jersey .............................. 18,000 

Aging & Long-Term Services Department, New Mexico .............................................................. New Mexico ............................. 18,000 

NY Statewide Senior Action Council, Inc ...................................................................................... New York ................................. 18,000 

North Carolina Department of Insurance ...................................................................................... North Carolina ......................... 18,000 

Minot State University ................................................................................................................... North Dakota ........................... 18,000 

Pro Seniors Inc .............................................................................................................................. Ohio ......................................... 18,000 

Oklahoma State Insurance Department ........................................................................................ Oklahoma ................................ 18,000 

DHS Office of Financial Services .................................................................................................. Oregon ..................................... 18,000 

Center For Advocacy For The Rights And Interests Of The Elderly ............................................ Pennsylvania ........................... 18,000 

Hispanic-American Institute, Inc .................................................................................................... Puerto Rico .............................. 18,000 

Rhode Island Dept of Elderly Affairs ............................................................................................. Rhode Island ........................... 18,000 

South Carolina Department on Aging ........................................................................................... South Carolina ......................... 18,000 

South Dakota Department of Human Services ............................................................................. South Dakota ........................... 18,000 

Upper Cumberland Development District ..................................................................................... Tennessee ............................... 18,000 

Better Business Bureau Educational Foundation ......................................................................... Texas ....................................... 18,000 

Legal Services of Virgin Islands Inc .............................................................................................. U.S. Virgin Islands ................... 18,000 

Human Services, Utah Department of .......................................................................................... Utah ......................................... 18,000 

Community of Vermont Elders ...................................................................................................... Vermont ................................... 18,000 

Virginia Association Of Area Agencies On Aging ......................................................................... Virginia ..................................... 18,000 

Washington State Insurance Commissioner ................................................................................. Washington .............................. 18,000 

Senior Services West Virginia Bureau .......................................................................................... West Virginia ........................... 18,000 

Greater Wisconsin Agency on Aging Resources, Inc ................................................................... Wisconsin ................................ 18,000 

Wyoming Senior Citizens, Inc ....................................................................................................... Wyoming .................................. 18,000 

Period of Performance: The awards 

will be issued for the Fiscal Year 2021 

project period of July 1, 2021 through 

May 31, 2022. 

Total Award Amount: $972,000 total 

in FY 2021. 

Award Type: Cooperative Agreement. 

Statutory Authority: The statutory 

authority is contained in the HIPAA of 

1996 (Pub. L. 104–191). 

Basis for Award: Upon request for 

access to FY 2021 HCFAC Wedge 

funding, the Department granted 

approval for ACL’s Office of Healthcare 

Information & Counseling to access $2 

million in additional, one-time funding. 

This funding is intended to expand and 

enhance the virtual capacity of the 

existing SMP program and will be used 

in a number of ways to support virtual 

expansion and capabilities for current 

SMP grantees’ efforts. As a result of the 

COVID–19 pandemic and related travel 

and congregation limitations and public 

health concerns, it has been identified 

that focus on expansion of virtual 

capacity is crucial at this time. 

The current SMP grantees are funded 

to carry out the SMP project mission for 

the period of June 1, 2018 through May 

31, 2023. Much work has already been 

completed and further tasks are 

currently being accomplished. It would 

be unnecessarily time consuming and 

disruptive to the SMP program, and the 

beneficiaries being served, for ACL to 

establish new grantees to focus on this 

intended virtual expansion of the 

program since the intent of this funding 

is to expand the current program and 

grantees’ efforts. These administrative 

supplements will allow the SMP 

grantees to expand their current 

capacity to work virtually to empower 

Medicare beneficiaries, their families, 

and caregivers to prevent, detect, and 

report health care fraud, errors, and 


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abuse through outreach, counseling, and 

education in the virtual space. 

There is one SMP state grantee project 

in each of the 50 States, the District of 

Columbia, Puerto Rico, Guam, and the 

U.S. Virgin Islands. In 2019, the most 

up-to-date complete year of data, the 54 

SMP projects had a total of 6,875 active 

team members who conducted a total of 

28,146 group outreach and education 

events, reaching an estimated 1.6 

million people. In addition, the projects 

had 320,590 individual interactions 

with, or on behalf of, a Medicare 

beneficiary. For 2019, the SMP projects 

reported $2.4 million in expected 

Medicare recoveries. This program has 

successfully operated since its inception 

23 years ago. 

The current grantees are closely 

monitored and are successfully meeting 

all programmatic goals under the 

current SMP state grants. 

Dated: July 12, 2021. 

Alison Barkoff, 

Acting Administrator and Assistant Secretary 

for Aging, Administration for Community 

Living. 

[FR Doc. 2021–15022 Filed 7–14–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4154–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Administration for Community Living 

Intent To Award One Single-Source 

Supplement for Current Senior 

Medicare Patrol National Resource 

Center (SMPNRC) Grantee 

ACTION: Announcing the intent to award 

one single-source supplement for 

current Senior Medicare Patrol National 

Resource Center (SMPNRC) grantee. 

SUMMARY: The Administration for 

Community Living (ACL) announces the 

intent to award one administrative 

supplement in the form of cooperative 

agreement to existing SMP National 

Resource Center (SMPNRC) grantee to 

support the expansion and 

enhancement of virtual capacity for the 

SMP program. This effort will benefit 

the SMPNRC, and the 54 SMP project 

grantees which are located in each state, 

the District of Columbia, Guam, Puerto 

Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. The 

purpose of the existing SMPNRC 

grantee’s work is to support SMP 

projects nationally in empowering and 

assisting Medicare beneficiaries, their 

families, and caregivers to prevent, 

detect, and report health care fraud, 

errors, and abuse through outreach, 

counseling, and education. As a result 

of the COVID–19 pandemic and related 

travel and congregation limitations and 

public health concerns, it has been 

identified that focus on expansion of 

virtual capacity is crucial at this time. 

The administrative supplement to the 

SMNPRC for FY 2021 will be 

distributed according to identified need 

and will total $405,312. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

further information or comments 

regarding this program supplement, 

contact Marissa Whitehouse, U.S. 

Department of Health and Human 

Services, Administration for 

Community Living, Center for Integrated 

Programs, Office of Healthcare 

Information and Counseling; telephone 

(202) 795–7425; email 

Marissa.Whitehouse@acl.hhs.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Program Name: Senior Medicare 

Patrol National Resource Center. 

Recipient: One current grantee. 

Current grantee 

FY21 ACL 

recommended 

supplement 

amount 

Northeast Iowa Area Agency 

on Aging ............................ $405,312.00 

Period of Performance: The award 

will be issued for the Fiscal Year 2021 

project period of September 1, 2021 

through August 31, 2022. 

Total Award Amount: $405,312 total 

in FY 2021. 

Award Type: Cooperative Agreement. 

Statutory Authority: The statutory 

authority is contained in the HIPAA of 

1996 (Pub. L. 104–191). 

Basis for Award: Upon request for 

access to FY 2021 HCFAC Wedge 

funding, the Department granted 

approval for ACL’s Office of Healthcare 

Information & Counseling to access $2 

million in additional, one-time funding. 

This funding is intended to expand and 

enhance the virtual capacity of the 

existing SMP program and will be used 

in a number of ways to support the 

virtual expansion and capabilities of the 

SMP program efforts nationally. As a 

result of the COVID–19 pandemic and 

related travel and congregation 

limitations and public health concerns, 

it has been identified that focus on 

expansion of virtual capacity is crucial 

at this time. 

The current SMPNRC is funded to 

support the SMP project mission for the 

period of September 1, 2020 through 

August 31, 2025. Much work has 

already been completed and further 

tasks are currently being accomplished. 

It would be unnecessarily time 

consuming and disruptive to the SMP 

program, and the beneficiaries being 

served, for ACL to establish a new 

grantee to focus on this intended virtual 

expansion of the program since the 

intent of this funding is to expand the 

current program’s efforts. This 

administrative supplement will allow 

the SMPNRC grantee to expand their 

current capacity to work virtually at the 

national level to empower Medicare 

beneficiaries, their families, and 

caregivers to prevent, detect, and report 

health care fraud, errors, and abuse 

through outreach, counseling, and 

education. The existing SMPNRC is 

uniquely placed to continue and expand 

this work. Efforts supported through 

this funding will include development 

of marketing and outreach materials, 

targeted SMP project grantee resources, 

and continued progress toward a new 

public-facing program-specific phone 

application. 

The SMPNRC was created in 2003 to 

provide training, support, and technical 

assistance to SMP projects nationwide. 

The goal of this Center is to provide 

professional expertise, training, and 

technical support to maximize the 

effectiveness of the SMP projects in 

Medicare fraud prevention outreach and 

education. The SMPNRC ensures a fully 

consolidated, national approach to 

reaching Medicare beneficiaries with 

the SMP message and forges national 

visibility for the program. The SMPNRC 

provides technical assistance through 

online training (webinars), workshops, 

and the SMP networking opportunities. 

The current grantee is closely monitored 

and is successfully meeting all 

programmatic goals under the existing 

grant. 

The current grantee is closely 

monitored and is successfully meeting 

all programmatic goals under the 

current SMPNRC grant. 

Dated: July 12, 2021. 

Alison Barkoff, 

Acting Administrator and Assistant Secretary 

for Aging, Administration for Community 

Living. 

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